diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index aeaf02f..fb2fd74 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Installation This image is not intended to be run manually. Instead, there is a helper script which comes bundled with the image. -To install the helper script, run the image with no arguments, and redirect the output to a file:: +To install the helper script, run one of the images with no arguments, and +redirect the output to a file:: docker run --rm CROSS_COMPILER_IMAGE_NAME > ./dockcross chmod +x ./dockcross @@ -29,21 +30,25 @@ Usage For the impatient, here's a one-liner to compile a hello world for armv7:: - docker run --rm thewtex/cross-compiler-linux-armv7 > ./dockcross && chmod +x ./dockcross && ./dockcross gcc test/C/hello.c -o hello_arm + docker run --rm thewtex/cross-compiler-linux-armv7 > ./dockcross-linux-armv7 + chmod +x ./dockcross-linux-armv7 + ./dockcross-linux-armv7 bash -c '$CC test/C/hello.c -o hello_arm' -Note how invoking any toolchain command (make, gcc, etc...) is just a matter of prepending **dockcross** in the commandline:: +Note how invoking any toolchain command (make, gcc, etc...) is just a matter of prepending the **dockcross** script on the commandline:: - dockcross [command] [args...] + dockcross-linux-armv7 [command] [args...] -The dockcross script will execute the given command-line inside the container, along with all arguments passed after the command. +The dockcross script will execute the given command-line inside the container, +along with all arguments passed after the command. -Alternatively, if the command matches one of the dockcross built-in commands (see below), they will be executed locally. +Alternatively, a special update command can be exected that will update the +source cross-compiler Docker image or the dockcross script itself. -Built-in commands -================= +Built-in update commands +======================== -- ``dockcross -- [command] [args...]``: Forces a command to run inside the container (in case of a name clash with a built-in command), use ``--`` before the command. +- ``dockcross [--] command [args...]``: Forces a command to run inside the container (in case of a name clash with a built-in command), use ``--`` before the command. - ``dockcross update-image``: Fetch the latest version of the docker image. - ``dockcross update-script``: Update the installed dockcross script with the one bundled in the image. - ``dockcross update``: Update both the docker image, and the dockcross script. @@ -53,21 +58,22 @@ Configuration The following command-line options and environment variables are used. In all cases, the command-line option overrides the environment variable. -DOCKCROSS_CONFIG / --config +DOCKCROSS_CONFIG / --config|-c ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -This file is sourced if it exists. +This file is sourced, if it exists, before executing the rest of the dockcross +script. Default: ``~/.dockcross`` -DOCKCROSS_IMAGE / --image +DOCKCROSS_IMAGE / --image|-i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The docker image to run. +The docker cross-compiler image to run. -Default: image with which the script was created +Default: image with which the script was created. -DOCKCROSS_ARGS / --args +DOCKCROSS_ARGS / --args|-a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Extra arguments to pass to the ``docker run`` command.